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If he initially choked on his food and had lots of saliva he may now have fluid on his lungs This definately needs treatment straight away, I hope you find a good vet who can help him
He checked his lungs and said they were ok
Sorry to hear about your bun choking. Something very similar happened to my bun a few months back. She partially obstructed her throat and aspirated either some saliva or a piece of food. There was no visible obstruction either but she was doing this 'head cocking' and wheeze when she did it - and the head cocking did look a bit like retching as you describe. It also happened immediately after eating as she had been running around with food in her mouth. Whilst checking her myself after it happened and tipping her upside down whatever it was did shift and she stopped head cocking after this. She received a precautionary course of very strong 'kill everything' antibiotics by injection for 5 days just in case she had aspirated something into her airways. The wheezing faded day by day and within a few days it was completely gone.
Even if your bun aspirated nothing more than saliva there is still the possibility of bacteria in the lower respiratory tract that could cause an infection so I do think that he may need a course of antibiotics just in case. Our vet used engemycin due to the potential seriousness of an aspiration pneumonia.
Yes this is what's happened.
Feeding has become a bit of a circus lately, Minnie can't bare him running around getting excited, and I suppose due to the time of year (even though she's speyed) she keeps trying to mount him to calm him down and his reaction to this is to wolf everything furiously. I had been separating them, but today didn't as they seemed ok to begin with.
Anyway just been to my regular practise for more of a check and he's had some metacam, baytril & metoclopramide injects. So, dare I say he seems more settled for now at least.
Many thanks
Yes this is what's happened.
Feeding has become a bit of a circus lately, Minnie can't bare him running around getting excited, and I suppose due to the time of year (even though she's speyed) she keeps trying to mount him to calm him down and his reaction to this is to wolf everything furiously. I had been separating them, but today didn't as they seemed ok to begin with.
Anyway just been to my regular practise for more of a check and he's had some metacam, baytril & metoclopramide injects. So, dare I say he seems more settled for now at least.
Many thanks